There’s nothing planned or defined about an emergency or crisis. They can hurt young and old alike – from parents struggling to make ends meet to elderly facing an extreme medical situation.

We experience people like this every day at Citizen’s Option to Provide Energy, or Project COPE, and the need is growing.

In fact, the Pikes Peak United Way, one of our Project COPE partners, continually records utility assistance calls – the greatest number of all incoming requests through its 2-1-1 number.

Project COPE provides utilities payment assistance to families and individuals struggling financially due to a personal crisis or emergency. Project COPE is the only local organization that dedicates its entire funding to utilities payment assistance year-round.

For more than 20 years, with the help of our customers, Project COPE has provided assistance to customers facing utility disconnection. We work closely with not-for-profit organizations throughout the city to manage the program and administer funds to neighbors in need.